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Author: Jeff Forman
Date: 2001-03-05 23:53
Would someone kindly tell me how you finger the "b" note in the following line. I am not sure if I should work on going to the right key or the left. If speed and fluidity are the goals, which is the "proper" way (if there is a proper way? Thanks.
Jeff
The phrase is 4 16th notes, then a dotted half and then a quarter note as follows:
d-e-g-b d - e
(It's an arpeggiated ? run from a jazz version of the intro line to Mandy Make Up Your Mind)
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Author: Jeff Forman
Date: 2001-03-06 00:39
OOPS....
Instead of
The phrase is 4 16th notes, then a dotted half and then a quarter note as follows:
d-e-g-b d - e
It should be 4 16th notes, then a dotted 8th (not a dotted half) and then a quarter.
Sorry.
Jeff
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Author: Dee
Date: 2001-03-06 01:30
Choice of fingering should be optional on this one. Whichever you are more comfortable and fluid with should be the way to go.
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Author: Fred R
Date: 2001-03-06 06:22
I try to keep fingerings to one hand whenever possible. In this case I would use the right hand B.
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Author: Ken Shaw
Date: 2001-03-06 16:31
As Fred R says, many teachers say that you should keep it all in your right hand, since at least in theory it's more difficult to coordinate fingers on two hands. However, for me the coordination with two hands is less of a problem than reaching down to the lower set of keys, so I play the B with my left little finger most of the time.
You should be able to do it either way. When I do scale work, I am careful to practice alternative patterns.
Best regards.
Ken Shaw
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Author: Jeff Forman
Date: 2001-03-06 23:15
Thanks for the advice. While I was hoping that there was a firm answer, I was afraid that someone like Ken would tell me what he did tell me - that I need to learn to become facile with either fingering.
My problem with the right hand is that in rapid arpeggiating (if that is a word), I find that the b key requires much more searching instead of just hitting it, and the incidence of not getting my fingers to cover the right hand holes is greater. And I also seem to need to blow harder. Maybe it's just my imagination. But then if I use the left hand b key in that sequence, there is a more pronounced key click sound.
We beginners (even we 47 year old beginners) find the process pretty intimidating, and constantly hope for the magic pill. And unlike our saxaphonist cousins who have buttons and not holes, so that close enough is good enough, for us, close enough is a squeak and I am constantly trying to figure out the fingering patterns that have the greatest amount of forgiveness. I do appreciate the help, however. Thanks again.
Jeff
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Author: Fred R
Date: 2001-03-07 04:38
Jeff
Besides doing scale and arpeggio work, a great fingering exersise is run up and down the entire range in chromatic thirds. Start on low E then G-Bb-Db-E and continue to the top of your range and back down. There are 3 different scales like this (F-Ab-B-D-F, F#-A-C-D#-F#). You hit every note and are forced into using fingerings you nomally wouldn't . These are also runs you will come across often.
Fred
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